Need a .htaccess expert for this one please?

[lux_interior]

Originally Posted by swedguy

Have in mind that by redirecting all hotlink traffic to that page you will use up more bandwidth than just the single picture they are hotlinking.

The page you redirect to is 367kB including all pictures. So it's just to calculate what the total bw used is if they hotlink 10, 50 or 100 pics. It adds up.

If bandwidth is a concern, use this RewriteRule instead:

RewriteRule .* - [F]

Thanks for that and I hear ya! The way I figure it is I stand a vague chance of selling something off that page where as when somebody just link directly to a pic I've got zero chance. You do raise an interesting point though. Maybe for the asian traffic I'll redirect to an asian sponsor rather than my generic 404 page.

On your second point would you care to expand a bit as I'm not really too hot on .htaccess

Thanks again for your intelligent response.

Lux